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C. F. LOGEMAN.

FISHING LINE SINKER.

APPLlCATION FILED SEPT. 13. ms. RENEWED JULY l5. I9l9.

1,322,706. Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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FISHING-LINE 'sINKER.

Application filed September 13,1918, Serial N01 253,946. renewed my 15, 1919. Serial in. 311,108.

' Be it known that-I, CHARLES siding at Somerset West, Cape Colony,

I South Africa',ha ve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Line Sink- "ers;'and I do hereby declarethe following f adJacent surface-of the body. The inner faceyof each prong ll'is cut-to provide to be a full, clear, and exact 'description'of the invention, such as will enable others .10 make and use the same.

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skilled inthe art to whichlit appertains to This invention 1s an improvement 'in'flshsinker for fishing lines. a I

It often times occurs fishing, that'in casting and-pulling in linespthe sinkers become wedgedin rocks or strike snags and in endeavoring to disengage 'the-sinkers the lines "are sometimes broken with a consequent loss of a portion of the line together The resent invention is designed to overcome't is objection to the extent of mini- "mizi'ng the danger of such loss, as noted above, and, to this end, a novel sinker is provided and has the line'attached thereto in such manner that should the sinker become caught, a pull upon the line will swing the sinker about the caught portion thereof as a pivot and thus free the same from engagement with the snag.

It is further proposed to provide a sinker of this character which is simple in construction, easily and cheaply manufactured and which will be effective carrying out the purpose for which itis designed.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions some of which, for the purpose of illustrating the invention, are shown with the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 1s a side elevation of a sinker I constructed in accordance with the invention and showing the application thereof, the dotted line positions indicating the successive movements as the same is being detached from anobject or obstruction. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the form of sinker shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are erspectiveviews of different forms of the inventlon.

Referring to the drawing and more particularly to the Figs. 1, 2, and 3, there is illustrated therein one of the forms of the invention wherein the sinker is formed of a body portion 10 made of lead or any other desirable mate rial' and preferably rectangular formation in cross section. One end of the'body'is splitlongitudinally or bifurcated to'provide the longitudinally extending and spaced prongs 11 the outer sur- "faces of whichare disposedin the same plane with and form continuations of the surfaces 12 disposed 'in angular" relation *whereby' the prong will haveits greatest thickness in a plane whichje'xtends' longitudin'ally through the centralportion thereof.

The edges 13 which bound the surfaceslQ I are disposedinoutwardly diverging relation with respect'to the edges of the opposite rong and thus provide a space between said prongs which" is of gradually increasing width from its inner to its outer end. Secured in the body 10 at a point adjacent the secured thereto in the usual mannerso that normally a portion of the line will extend between the prongs 11 and in substantial alinement with the longitudinal axis of the body 10. The line will assume this position especially when 'pulling'thesame in after a cast but should the end ofei'ther of.

the prongs 11 strike an obstruction, such as arock, a further pull upon the line v15 will impart a swinging movement to the body 10 with the end of theprong 11 engaging said obstruction as a pivot. This swinging movement will throw the line 15 out of its substantial alinement with the longitudinal axis of the body and from between the inner adjacent surfaces of the prongs as will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 1. The dottedlines in said figure indicate the vari ous successive positions that the body 10 will assume and it will be seen that, at some time during the arc of movement of the body, the direction of pull upon the line 15 will eventually disengage the sinker from the obstruction and thereby avoid the possibility of loss of tackle.

In the form of sinker shown in Fig. 4, the body 16 is preferably of triangular formation in cross section and is split at one end to provide a. plurality of prongs 17, numberingjthreein this instance, andthe surfacesof said prongs merge into the body 16 the intersection of the "inner ends" of' the .prongs 17 a fastener 19,s imi1ar tothe fas- 1 tener 14:; is secured in thejloody in alinement I with its longitudinal axis and; is adapted to of the fishing have fastened thereto one end line 20 Y 7 1 A still further. form of sinker is disclosed in Fig. 5 wherein the body 21 ;is of cir-' a'cular formation and split longitudinally at oneendto provide the prongs 22 which e have their :inner adjacent. surfaces 23 disposed: inoutwardly diverging relation so as to-fprovidelspaces; between the prongs'the surfac'esof which-are preferablycurved as 1' indicated, 'A fastener 24, similar to those previously described, is securedat the inner ends of the prongs in the same inanneras above set forth and is also adapted to have 'the fishing line25 connected thereto. From ,L

Q the substantial similarity of construction between the forms shown inFigsA, and 5 and that in Fig. 3, it wills-be apparent that should the sinker in either of theformer constructions engage an object,the sameaction as previously. described will take place.

Fromathe foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying -dra'vv- *ing,' it will be obvious that the invention provides a simple and inexpensive sinker for fishing linesrwhich will efiectivelyretime to a minimum the-danger ofolosing portions of itackle when the sinkers 'are caught by ObstructionsQ' 7' V What isc'laimed is: 1, I 1. A sinker for fishing llnes. comprising a body having one end'thereof split to pro vide spaced prongs. and means at the inner Witnesses thereto.

end 'thereoffor securing line 2; sinker forfishing1linescomprising 7 a; body split to provide-spaced prongs] which extend longitudinally of" the body "and between which a fishing line is adapted to pass,- and means at the inner end of 'said secured." p

3. A sinker forfishing lines comprising a body. split to provide spaced prongs which rfo g Wh g the line is ada ted e be 1 extend longitudinally and emerge into'vthe remainingportion thereof approximately at.

T-a,.p0int intermediate its ends.

4:. Asinker, for fishing lines comprising .af-body provided at one end with 'a.plurality of prongs the; adjacentsides of which :elfe space a d 'divergebiitwardlyj f prQ- .vide slots between which the-fishing line is adapted to extend,and means for securing said line at the, inner end of saidprongs.

5;,A sinker ofor fishinjg linesfcomprising a body provided at one-end .with a plurality V ofprongs the mutually adjacentfsidewfaces v of which; are spaced and divergein thegeneral direction of theirzfree endstoprovide slots betweenivvhiclr the fishingline is .adapted to extend-, and means.positionedfbetween the inner ends. of the the fishing line thereto.

vide spaced prongs. having, angular wsurof the body andhaving their outer. surfaces .in the same planetherewlith; and means at the inner end o'f'said prongs-in alinement' with the longitudinaltaxis of the b attaching a fishing line thereto.

' In testimony Whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses? CHARLES E. 'LOGEMAN,

6. YA sinkerfor fishinglineslcomprising' a body having one end, thereof splitto. proprongs forsecuringfaces, the; prongs extending longitudinally Qdy o RQMAINE W. M ;i' 

